The Berserker stories have been going strong since the 1960s, and even today have a cult following. A Berserker is a self-replicating war machine, which was design to destroy life. The name “berserker” was borrowed from Norse legend. It is defined (in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary) as—
“[A]n
ancient Scandanavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable.”
The opening paragraph:
“Well,
Elly Temesvar thought grayly, we’ve given it a good fight, done better than
anyone might have expected, considering how little ship we have to fight it
with.”
This
is the second in a new series of posts featuring the cover art and
miscellany of books I find at thrift stores and used bookshops. It is reserved for books I purchased as much
for the cover art as for the story or author.
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